Boot-jack



(No Model.)

, J. H.-KENNEDY.

BOOT JACK.

No. 370,197. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. KENNEDY, OF EOLA, LOUISIANA.

BOOT-JAG K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,197, datedSeptember 20, 1887.

Application filed February 16, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. KENNEDY, of Eola, imthe parish of Avoyellesand State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Boot-Jack, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theannexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is asideelevation of myimproved boot-jack. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is atransverse section taken on line 00 x in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is atransverse section taken on line y y in Fig. 2.

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The object of my invention is to provide a boot-jack with a support forengaging the toe of the boot and assistingin the removal of the bootfrom the foot.

- My invention consists in the combination, with a boot-jack providedwith a V-shaped notch for receiving the heel of the boot, of a loopformed of a metallic rod passing around the front of the boot-jack andclamped to the sides thereof, and metallic legs secured to the body andforming, in connection with the grooved edges of the boot-jack, guidesfor the looped rod.

The body A ofthe boot-jack is provided with the usual V-shapednotch,B,in the end thereof, for receiving the heel of the boot, and inopposite edges of the body A are formed grooves c,for receiving the rod0, which is bent into a round loop, I), the ends of the rod beingparallel with each other.

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To the under surface of the body A of the boot-jack are secured legs D,which are pro vided with arms 0, extending underneath the body A,andsecured thereto by screws (1. The upper portion of each leg D reaches tothe top of the body A,and is provided with a semicircular notch, e, forembracing and guiding the ends of the rod 0. Between the legs D and thesquare end of the body A of the boot-jack are secured clipsf, providedwith semicircular notches 9, adapted to receive the ends of the rod 0.

The legs D support the notched end of the boot-jack at a convenientheight above the floor. The boot-jack is used by inserting the foot inthe loop I), then bringing the heel into notch B, and bringing the toeof the boot into engagementwith the loop 1).

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent The combination, with the boot-jack body A,having grooved edges, of the looped rodO, placed in the grooves of theedges of the body, the legs D, secured to the body and forming guidesfor the rod 0, and the clipsf, attached to the boot-jack body andadapted to hold the rods 0 in place, substantially as described.

JAMES H. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

J. L. HAWKS, WM. M. PRESCOTT.

